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Prime Codex highlights the new directions in fiction that the Codex Writers Group has collectively begun to forge. A vibrant community of neo-pro writers of speculative fiction: writers on the hungry edge of their careers, Codex Writers include Writers of the Future winners, veterans of prestigious writing workshops, and authors of critically acclaimed publications at all levels of the literary marketplace, from novels to flash fiction. Gathering stories from a cross-section of the group's production, the anthology reveals just how diverse and influential the next generation of speculative fiction will be.… (más)
In terms of a premise, this anthology has only an organizing principle: every story was written by an author who's a member of the Codex Writer's Group. Each of these stories has been previously published elsewhere and has been gathered together in this anthology as, well, I suppose a means of both promoting the group and showing off some of its members. Not a bad idea, and it's one I'm happy to support.
Give It Away: out of 15 stories, I enjoyed 9 of them, but of those nine, only about 4 really stuck with me. The anthology has a variety of speculative fiction, a decent mix of science fictional stories and fantasy stories and some are in between. For some reason, I was hoping more of the stories would really stand out to me, and while there's no reason I should've thought this, I was also hoping these stories would be original for this specific anthology. Maybe they'll do that for their next one, should they decide to do another, which I think they should. Using an anthology to promote a writing group is a great idea for so many reasons, and like Codex intends, it brings us stories from authors we might not have heard from otherwise. I think my own personal reticence in making this "worth the cash" comes more from the fact I'm growing more and more disillusioned with the short story as a form. I want to really sink my teeth into something, and it's a rare short story that lets me do that. However, if you're unlike me and love gobbling of short stories in the speculative fiction genre, this book's for you!
The full review, which includes commentary for each story in the anthology, may be found in my LJ. As always, comments and discussion are most welcome.
James Maxey Cat Rambo Ken Scholes Geoffrey Girard Elaine Isaak Jim C. Hines Mary Robinette Kowal Eric James Stone E. Catherine Tobler Matthew S. Rotundo Tobias Buckell Tom Pendergrass Mike Shultz Ruth Nestvold David W. Goldman
Prime Codex highlights the new directions in fiction that the Codex Writers Group has collectively begun to forge. A vibrant community of neo-pro writers of speculative fiction: writers on the hungry edge of their careers, Codex Writers include Writers of the Future winners, veterans of prestigious writing workshops, and authors of critically acclaimed publications at all levels of the literary marketplace, from novels to flash fiction. Gathering stories from a cross-section of the group's production, the anthology reveals just how diverse and influential the next generation of speculative fiction will be.
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Give It Away: out of 15 stories, I enjoyed 9 of them, but of those nine, only about 4 really stuck with me. The anthology has a variety of speculative fiction, a decent mix of science fictional stories and fantasy stories and some are in between. For some reason, I was hoping more of the stories would really stand out to me, and while there's no reason I should've thought this, I was also hoping these stories would be original for this specific anthology. Maybe they'll do that for their next one, should they decide to do another, which I think they should. Using an anthology to promote a writing group is a great idea for so many reasons, and like Codex intends, it brings us stories from authors we might not have heard from otherwise. I think my own personal reticence in making this "worth the cash" comes more from the fact I'm growing more and more disillusioned with the short story as a form. I want to really sink my teeth into something, and it's a rare short story that lets me do that. However, if you're unlike me and love gobbling of short stories in the speculative fiction genre, this book's for you!
The full review, which includes commentary for each story in the anthology, may be found in my LJ. As always, comments and discussion are most welcome.
REVIEW: PRIME CODEX
List of All Contributors
James Maxey
Cat Rambo
Ken Scholes
Geoffrey Girard
Elaine Isaak
Jim C. Hines
Mary Robinette Kowal
Eric James Stone
E. Catherine Tobler
Matthew S. Rotundo
Tobias Buckell
Tom Pendergrass
Mike Shultz
Ruth Nestvold
David W. Goldman
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